By Admin 
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and tried to bowl first. Mumbai Indians team will bat first, for which captain Hardik Pandya has returned after missing 3 matches. Apart from Hardik’s return, Mumbai team has made another major change in the playing eleven.
The Mumbai Indians team has come into the field to save its reputation, which is already out of the race for the playoffs. Whereas Kolkata Knight Riders will not accept anything less than victory in this match. Because it is very important for Kolkata to win its last two matches.
KKR’s playing eleven: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Karthik Tyagi, Varun Chakraborty, Saurabh Dubey.
MI’s playing eleven: Ryan Rickelton, Rohit Sharma (wk), Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (c), Will Jacques, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Raghu Sharma.
Hardik Pandya’s return
Hardik Pandya was sitting out of three matches due to injury. Finally he has made a comeback and Pandya said that he is playing to save his reputation. Apart from Hardik, Allah Ghazanfar has returned to the team. Although he has been kept in the list of impact players.
This match is being played at Eden Gardens. Mumbai Indians’ record against Kolkata on this ground has been excellent. In the 11 matches played between the two on this ground, Mumbai has won seven times, while KKR has been able to win only on four occasions.
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